Water Management Adaptations for Aquatic Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate: Analytical Framework and Case Study of Chinook Salmon in California

This research paper presents an analytical framework using the WEAP system and SALMOD model to assess how temperature and streamflow thresholds affect Spring-run Chinook salmon abundance in California, aiming to evaluate management adaptations to mitigate climate change impacts.

• Spring-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are susceptible to climate change due to temperature increases in river pools where adults hold during the summer before spawning in autumn.
• The researchers developed an analytical framework to evaluate management adaptations and identify streamflow and temperature thresholds that could cause critical reductions in the abundance of spring-run Chinook salmon. This was achieved by integrating climate data with the Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) system and SALMOD, a size/stage structured, spatially explicit model for predicting salmon population dynamics in freshwater systems.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2010). Water Management Adaptations for Aquatic Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate: Analytical Framework and Case Study of Chinook Salmon in California. https://www.sei.org/publications/water-management-adaptations-aquatic-ecosystem-services-changing-climate-analytical-framework-case-study-chinook-salmon-california/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Water Management Adaptations for Aquatic Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate: Analytical Framework and Case Study of Chinook Salmon in California. 2010. https://www.sei.org/publications/water-management-adaptations-aquatic-ecosystem-services-changing-climate-analytical-framework-case-study-chinook-salmon-california/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2010water, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Water Management Adaptations for Aquatic Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate: Analytical Framework and Case Study of Chinook Salmon in California}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2010}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/water-management-adaptations-aquatic-ecosystem-services-changing-climate-analytical-framework-case-study-chinook-salmon-california/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }